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29th, November 2011 Reviews 1

Does It Matter If Chris Jefferies Tried To Sell His Story To The News of The World As Jules Stenson Claims?

Jules Stenson, former News of The World head of features, alleges on Twitter: "Chris Jefferies vilification was appalling. But wonder if he will mention £60k he wanted from the NOTW to tell his story?"... More »

29th, November 2011 Politicians

Egyptian Presidential Candidate Tawfiq Okasha: Only 60% Of Jews Are Evil

Spring has sprung in Arab lands.... More »

29th, November 2011 Reviews 2

The Stockport Tornado: Photos

Windy times in Greater Manchester... More »

29th, November 2011 Reviews

Daily Mail Health Tuesday: Your Asthma Is A Killer Lung Disease

More ways to get ill and die… More »

29th, November 2011 Celebrities

Miley Cyrus Is The New Bob Dylan: Singer Worth $120m Patronises The 99% With Liberty Walk

The Occupy Movement has created a huge amount of interest around the world. People are protesting against the super wealthy and getting pepper-sprayed right in the eye for their trouble. Like any protest movement, it needs a focal point. A leader. Someone with a song... More »

29th, November 2011 Money

You Want to Know What's Happening In the Eurozone....Yes, I Knew You Did

When Friedman starts talking about what the Federal Reserve did in the US before and during the Great Depression, he's actually listing the whole set of things that they got wrong.... More »

29th, November 2011 Reviews

News In Photos: November 29 2011

The news in high res snap shots... More »

29th, November 2011 Sports

Iron Mike Tyson Sings The Girl From Ipanema While Dressed In A Bad White Suit

It is always nice to see a convicted rapist, profession puncher and ear-biter doing well for themselves isn't it? And Mike Tyson, who has been all of these things, is enjoying a resurgence after appearances in the awful Hangover films and now, singing bossa nova on television.... More »

29th, November 2011 Reviews 2

Leveson Inquiry: Paul McMullan's Quote Of The Decade: 'Privacy Is For Paedos'

McMullan, the former News of the World Deputy Features Editor, is doing a star turn at the Leveson Inquiry into media standards... More »

29th, November 2011 Reviews

State Goons Smash Up British Embassy In Iran: Make Off With Pulp Fiction Movie Poster

Protestors loyal to the Ahmadinejad regime have broken into the British Embassy in Tehran, tossed rocks and Molotov cocktails, pulled own the flag, and run out holding a...poster of John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in the movie Pulp Fiction... More »

29th, November 2011 Celebrities 3

R-RIP Ross McManus: You Starred In Our Favourite Ever Advert

Ross MacManus has died. He was 84. He was Elvis Costello's dad. And he starred in the best advert ever... More »

29th, November 2011 Key Posts

419 Scammers Cannot Do Photoshop: Brilliant Gallery The Nigerian Con Gone Wrong

You'd think that being the Commander of the Imperial Forces of his Excellency etc... the Nigerian contact sitting on vast pile of cash would be able to hire a decent web designer. It turns out they like to do it themselves.... More »

29th, November 2011 Politicians

Katia Zatuliveter Is Not A Russian Spy: She Got With Her 'Teddy Bear' Mike Hancock MP For Love

Zatuliveter, 26, is not a Russian spy. She was not told by Kremlin commanders to enter into negotiations with married Portsmouth South MP Mike Hancock, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Russia and a member of the Defence Select Committee... More »

29th, November 2011 Sports

Fans Send Neymar 1km Long Fan Letter

Brazilian football's star turn Neymar has tweeted this picture of a one kilometre-long letter. What do with it...? Answers on a toilet roll to the usual adress... More »

29th, November 2011 Key Posts 1

Peter Hain Gets Warning Computer Was Hacked - Suspects Form Queue Here: Irish, Welsh & National Security Dilemmas - Or Not

This confirms what Anorak has said all along during its coverage of the alleged hacking affair... More »

29th, November 2011 Key Posts

The 10 Biggest Rebels On The Internet: Don't Do It

The 10 Biggest Rebels On The Internet features they who dared to defy... More »

29th, November 2011 Key Posts 6

Gary Speed: Feeding Speculation And Waiting For The Secrets We Have No Right To Hear

We may never know why he died. But do we need to know? Do we deserve to know?... More »

29th, November 2011 Strange But True 1

Man Discovers Prostitute He's Hired Is His Daughter

At a hotel in Bulawayo’s Nkulumane 5 suburb, Mr Titus Ncube is waiting for the prostitute he's hired. When she arrives her recognises her. The woman is his 20-year-old daughter.... More »

29th, November 2011 Strange But True 1

Santa Claus Brandishes Machine Guns At Gun Club: Bring The Family

Scottsdale Gun Club wants you to experience Santa and his Machine Guns, featuring such arms as an $80,000 Garwood minigun and modified AR15s.... More »

29th, November 2011 TV & Radio 2

Psychic Sally Morgan Picks Up Nanny Bernard: Epic Fail

Sally Morgan wants to know if anyone in the crowd's grandma was called "Bernard"... More »

28th, November 2011 Reviews 1

Who Just Blew Up Iran's Uranium Enrichment Plant? Diego Garcia Invades

"Less than two weeks after a mysterious explosion destroyed an Iranian missile base near Tehran, the Islamic Republic's official news agency FARS reported Tuesday that a loud blast was heard in the city of Isfahan..." More »

28th, November 2011 Reviews

Has Wikileaks Forced Iraq's Jews To Leave Baghdad?

Has Wikileaks forced Iraq's last Jews to leave Baghdad?... More »

28th, November 2011 Key Posts

Horror In Canterbury: Pizza Hut Turns To Pizza Hell For Pregnant Diner

"When Redwood man Rick Baker's pregnant girlfriend told him she was craving pizza last week he took to the phone straight away- ordering two large pizzas from Pizza Hut Northwood. However..." More »

28th, November 2011 The Consumer

John Lewis Ad Boy Is Dead: Norway's 1888 SMS Boy Has Killed Him

John Lewis boy is dead - or as good as. Sure he's got a still warm rabbit's head in the box for mummy and daddy's Christmas present, but this Norweigian child has the rabbit's guts - and he's glued them to your mum's face.... More »

28th, November 2011 Celebrities

Charlize Theron Was Bullied At School By People Probably Masturbating Over Her Right Now

Bullying is no laughing matter, unless of course, someone you hate is being bullied like a racist or a sexist. Bullying is really great then because it's righteous... More »